NORTH, William, a Senator from New York; born in Fort Frederick, Pemaquid, Maine, in 1755;
attended the common schools; moved with his mother to Boston, Mass.; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; after the war settled in Duanesburg, N.Y.;
several times elected to the State assembly; appointed as a Federalist to the United States Senate
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John S. Hobart and served from May 5, 1798, to
August 17, 1798, when a successor was elected and qualified; appointed adjutant general of the
Army with the rank of brigadier general 1798-1800; member and speaker of the State assembly
1810; died in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, N.Y., on January 3, 1836; interment in the
crypt under Christ Episcopal Church.